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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

More than 60,000 cancer patients in England not getting necessary radiotherapy'

More than 60,000 cancer patients a year in England are not getting the radiotherapy they need at all, while some face waits of up to six months to begin the treatment, research has found. The situation is so dire that nearly 100 heads of radiotherapy and oncology three-quarters of England's radiotherapy leaders have warned in an open letter that the government is failing patients.
Public health
Public health
fromIndependent
1 month ago

'It is awful to tell someone that if they had health insurance they could have these new treatments' - calls to end cancer 'drug divide' in Irish healthcare

Public cancer patients in Ireland lack access to powerful new cancer drugs available to insured patients; specialists propose a co-funded early-access programme to address inequity.
Medicine
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Postcode lottery for new cancer treatments, doctors warn

NHS bureaucracy and complex funding processes in England create a postcode lottery, restricting patient access to advanced cancer treatments such as SABR.
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